From sturdy castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes. Some hosted great moments in history. Others became stars on TV and the silver screen. Read on for our ...

As fans dig into Netflix’s latest period film, Persuasion, starring Dakota Johnson as Jane Austen’s Anne Elliot, The Independent has taken the opportunity to round up a selection of stately homes from ...

Lady Mary Crawley famously rescued the family home, Downton Abbey, by marrying Matthew Crawley, a distant cousin and heir to the sprawling estate. It's no coincidence that the hugely popular ...

Phil visits a masterpiece of Elizabethan architecture set in 1400 acres of Lincolnshire parkland, from its Heaven room and Hell staircase, to its extravagant antiques and gardens. Phil visits one of ...

Introduction: The stately homes and England -- Prelude: Houses of taste (to 1815) -- 1. The Victorian idea of heritage -- 2. Hosts and guests: the opening of the country house -- 3. Philistines, ...

The property expert returns to look round more of Britain's stately homes, beginning at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, the family seat of the Cavendish family and the Dukes of Devonshire for more ...